Surname Ardalić in modern Croatia

Ardalić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , whereas often Croats (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Benkovac. In places Đevrske and Zečevo in Knin area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Ardalić.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Ardalić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Djevrske in Knin area (20), Zadar (15), Smilcic (10), and in Labin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ardalić is present in 7 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Marija Ardalić, Milan Ardalić, Milica Ardalić, Katica Ardalić, Vojislav Ardalić, Andrej Ardalić, Saša Ardalić, Gojko Ardalić, Rajko Ardalić, Branka Ardalić, Kristijan Ardalić, Ljubica Ardalić, Zoran Ardalić, Alan Ardalić, Dubravko Ardalić, Sonja Ardalić, Slobodan Ardalić, Damir Ardalić, Sanja Ardalić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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